College Life

I am getting deeper into my school work here at Colby-Sawyer College and the more I get into it, the more I think about what I am going to be doing with my life ten years from now. It seems to me that the topic on every teachers mind is the future. What do us college students want to be when we graduate? How do we plan on accomplishing these goals? What makes us want to be whatever it is when we are older? There are many different questions that are asked by the professors. Although I am only a freshman, thinking about the future is highly encouraged.

There are a good number of students here that have undeclared majors or they do not know what they want to be when they graduate. I am fortunate enough to already have a good idea of what I would like to be. I have wanted to be a physical therapist for the longest time. In high school, I never really took any classes that were specifically oriented towards physical therapy, therefore I was not positive a physical therapist is what I should be! However, now that I am here and I am a month into my pre-physical therapy classes, I am becoming reassured that this is what I want to do! 

Now, here is the tough part...my professor asked me why I wanted to be a physical therapist! I had not really thought about it before...it was just something that seemed right and natural for me. Once I sat down and thought about becoming a physical therapist I realized why that was my dream. My want to be a p.t. goes back to my childhood and when I was in and out physical therapy due to an accident. I struggled to walk for a couple months, but my therapist continued to encourage me day by day. Finally, I was walking again and my therapist cheered me on and had the biggest grin on her face! Remembering this moment is how I know that I want to be a physical therapist. I want to be the one that helps people the way my therapist helped me and I want to cheer people on down the hall as they take their first few recovery steps!